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Superlatives
The 2008-2009 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...Victoria Bach Festival Chorus Opera..."

June 5, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

When the Sun Rises
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, a group of teenage filmmakers galvanize the tales of their island
"...The lobby of the Grand 1894 Opera House came to life with young men scurrying backstage..."

June 5, 2009 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

The Game-Changers
The 2009 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame
"...with the American Ballet Theatre and New York City Opera Ballet, he with Teatro Colon and Metropolitan Opera Ballet,..."

May 29, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion
Stephen goes to Galveston only to be pwned by a bicycle
"...ace photographer Jana Birchum went to Galveston's Grand 1894 Opera House for the world premiere of the new Ike:..."

May 29, 2009 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Pachanga!
Cinco de Mayo month Part III – the hombres: from Jovita's Mayo Pardo to Ruben Ramos' Mexican Revolution, Del Castillo, Joel Guzman, y más
"..."It's a soap opera, the only song on the album with this much..."

May 29, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Media Watch: KLRU's Numbers Don't Add Up
The recession has hit at KLRU
"...Upcoming specials feature Ballet Austin and the Austin Lyric Opera. "Local production is critical, and we are no less..."

May 22, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Live Music for Opera and Ballet
"...been privileged to attend stunning productions by Austin Lyric Opera and Ballet Austin here at the Long Center. Again..."

May 15, 2009 Postmarks

Give 'Em a Hand
The nominees for the 2009 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...Arthuriosis: A Metal Opera, Getalong Gang..."

May 15, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
It's appropriate – hell, it's necessary – that a documentary about Philip Glass provide sound as crisp and clear as the sharpest images onscreen, and this one does, with aural textures you can almost feel against your skin
"...after his work had been showcased at the Metropolitan Opera. You get to know these things in this documentary...."

May 1, 2009 Screens Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Outside the Bachs
Classical sounds new when Austin artists do the composing
"...chamber pieces for instruments of all kinds, art songs, operas, cantatas, scores for dance and theatre works, soundtracks for..."

May 1, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Queenie Pie
This Ellington opus may not look much like opera, but it sure swings like the Duke
"...Duke Ellington called it an opera. It's being staged by the Butler Opera Center. Still,..."

April 24, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Dialogues of the Carmelites
Austin Lyric Opera meets the challenge of Poulenc's work with economy and emotive power
"...It was a fitting prelude to an opera about the intrusion of the outside world on a..."

April 24, 2009 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Erasure
"...the high holy of poignant meets pop, electro meets opera, a natural bridge between ABBA and Magnetic Fields. The..."

April 24, 2009 Music Review by Kate X Messer

Queenie Pie
A slice of UT's Duke Ellington opera “Queenie Pie”
"...Don’t let the word "opera" scare you. This is a musical. And don’t let..."

April 21, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

God Save the Queenie
Duke Ellington's almost lost opera of a Harlem beautician gets rescued and a makeover
"...Leave it to the Duke to put the "opera" in "beauty operator."..."

April 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Dialogues of the Carmelites'
Soprano Virginia Zeani recalls working with Francis Poulenc as a beautiful dream
"...at the Long Center Saturday night, the Austin Lyric Opera production will have just one degree of separation from..."

April 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Arthuriosis
Getalong Gang's heavy metal opera rocks Camelot with badass-itude and lots of hair
"...Arthur, making him the superstar of his own rock opera, and the Gang rocks his tale so wickedly hard..."

April 17, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Off the Record - 33 RPM
Closures during the Texas Relays, Fastball's latest, and Arthuriosis
"...and previews the Getalong Gang Performance Group's new metal opera, Arthuriosis...."

April 10, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

Off the Record
If a Downtown venue closes down for the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, does it make a sound?
"...of Love. Arthuriosis is a locally produced heavy metal opera based on the legend of King Arthur that gets..."

April 10, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Event Menu
Local food events, April 2-8
"...• Austin Lyric Opera (www.austinlyricopera.org) hosts its Beer-Wine Smackdown at Ducloux Hall (901..."

April 3, 2009 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Decemberists
SXSW showcase reviews
"...magnificent fifth album, The Hazards of Love, a rock opera of sorts based on archetypal characters from the folk..."

March 27, 2009 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

Long Center for the Performing Arts: Light that first candle!
As the performing arts venue turns one, Marvin Hamlisch sings "happy birthday" to it
"...James Galway and the Austin Symphony Orchestra. Austin Lyric Opera's The Bat and Cinderella and Rigoletto. Eight hundred eighty-one..."

March 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Decemberists
Wednesday
"...musical more so than the beating of a rock opera. Yet, the yearning narrative of Hazards is unclear, and..."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Margaret Moser

SXSW Film
Daily Reviews and Interviews
"...scored with enough musical tension to suit any soap opera, action film, or Peter Weir epic...."

March 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Spotlight: Dirty Projectors
The psychotic musical plays on
"...Before that, the Projectors released 2005's Don Henley-themed rock opera, The Getty Address, on Austin indie Western Vinyl. Notice..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

What Makes Sammy Run?
Read the book ... and leave this DVD to the television archives where it belongs
"...20th century novel to take with me to the opera, I'd go with What Makes Sammy Run?, Budd Schulberg's..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Screens Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The American Con of Bootstrap Optimism
Kelly Reichardt talks about Wendy and Lucy, her prescient tale about a girl and a dog, a rock and a hard place
"...Kelly Reichardt (Old Joy) is a sort of minimalist opera in blue, with long, lingering shots of rain-soaked Oregon..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

TV Eye
Buffy creator Joss Whedon returns to TV with more tough-girl action on Dollhouse
"...made it do his bidding, creating a humorous soap opera about a guy trying to make his mark in..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Rigoletto
ALO's straightforward staging of the Verdi classic offers the thrill of a tale told well
"...the first time. So it is with Austin Lyric Opera's latest revival of Rigoletto, which has been crafted with..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

UT Performing Arts Center
Modlin Center for the Arts' Kathleen Panoff to University of Richmond: Gone to Texas
"...the Long Center was under construction so the ballet, opera, and symphony would not be stuck without a place..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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